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THE A ST RA "CUB" PIST OL (H OD EL 2.000)C AL IB ER .22 S HORTT he A stra Cu b , M od el 2 00 0, u tiliz in g c alib er .2 2 S ho rt a mm un itio n,w as built with regard to the same principles, both mechanical andballistic, on w hic h the function of all m odels of A stra pistols is based.In its design this pistol w as destined for use in pi inking or personaldefense. Inherent in this pistol are the best conditions for this utili-zation and, w hat is m ore, it is sturdy, perfectly adjusted and m echa-n ic ally p re cise . T his is c ha ra cte ris tic o f a ll th e a rm s p ro du ce d b y A s tr a-Unceta y Compailla, S. A., which for 4S years has been dedicatedexclusively to the manufacture of firearms which are universallyaccepted. T his guarantees the perfection of the C ub pistol, sinceit assures that past experiences were fully referred to before th2pistol was placed on sale.T he A stra Cub is a firearm of sem i-autom atic type w ith m agazine.It has an exterior hammer, by which the pistol can be easily cockedwith a simple motion of.the thumb. The total weight of the pistolis carefully distributed to assure perfect balance, and the shape ofthe grip and the position of the trigger both contribute to natural po in tin g a nd e as e in fir in g.

SAFETY FEAT~RES1.-The pistol is provided w ith a thumb safety (Figure 1) so locatedthat it is easily reached by the thumb when the pistol is held in theright hand, m aking it sim ple to change the safety lever from safe tofire. This safety acts on the trigger which remains locked to allmovement when the body of the safety is opposed to the mass ofthe trigger, thus preventing m ove ment of the trigger. W hen the thum bsafety is turned to fire position (Figure 2) the safety bar no longerblocks the trigger, allowing movement of the trigger for firing(F ig ur e 3 ).

2.- T he pistol also has a m agazine sa fe ty, w hich gua ran te es additionalsafety of the arm w hen a live round is in the cham ber, thus perm ittingfiring of the cartridge only w hen the m agazine is replaced. In effect,(Figure 4), the magazine, when in place, maintains the piece a insuch a position that no part of it obstructs the trigger. However,when the magazine is removed (Figure S), the piece a, throughthe action of its se lf-containe d spring, enga ges a notch in the trigge r.thus preventing any movement of the trigger and oischarge of thegun. Because of the contact between the sear and the hammer, thepistol. when loaded and with the hammer cocked, cannot be dis-charged involuntarily. The pistol in this way is secure and safe andeve n if the ham mer accidenta lly releases w hile cocking there is littlerisk that the pistol w ill fire. To fire the pistol it is necessary that thetrigger actually be pulled, requiring voluntary action to do so. Ineffect, when the hammer is cocked (Figure 6), it is drawn back onits axis from position I to position II, at the sam e tim e, the sear, m ov-

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Th e thum b safety is w ithin easyreach o( th e th um b o( th e ri&hth an d w hic h h old s th e pistol.

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Th e magazine completely insertedin th e p isto l m ain ta in s th e m ag a-z in e s af et y (a) in a position thatd oe s n ot o bs tru ct ( re e m o veme nto( t he t ri gge r.

[PI}/FIGURES 2 & 3T he tr ig ge r c an no t be m oved aslong a s th e s olid b ulk o( t he s a( ewb ar b ea rs against t he t ri gg er . Ieca n be moved only when the re-l ie ve d port ion o( the safety bar(aces t he t ri gg e r.~[ ~\ .. 0 .b I.OU

F I G U R E 5With the m agazine rem oved themagaz ine s a fe ty (a ) rotates on itsaxis by means o( its spring , engag-ing the trigger and preventingtrigger movement.

ing also on its axis, is displaced and comes to rest in the notchesor teeth of the hammer. Once in position II the hammer remainsim movable, so placed that the point of the sear is engaged below thesecond tooth or notch of the hammer, thus impeding its advance.Only when the shooter, pressing on the trigger, causes the triggerbar to bear against the sear, moving it to position III, the hammer isthen launched forward against the firing pin. If, when the hammeris in the motion between position I and position II, it should slipfrom under the thumb of the shooter, it would come to rest on thefirst tooth against the sear (half cock notch), position IV , therebyrendering it sa fe.2

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P O S I T I O N IThe hammer is r es ti ng a g ai ns t the{iring p i n .

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Th e ( r i g g e r bar, operated by (hetrigger, h as ca used t he d is en ga -gement of th e se ar, thereby re -leasing (h e h amm er whi ch r et ur ns( 0 P os it io n" striking the {iringpin and discharging (h e round inthe chamber.

(he pistol is automa(ically loaded and (he ha mm er cocked. T he e x(rac-(ion of the empty magazine after the last car(ri dge is fired can berealize d by sim ply pressing the che ckered button, found on the pistolat the lower right hand corner of the left grip. If, at any time, it isde sired to extract the cartridge w hich is in the cham ber, it is necessa ryto move the slide back with a rapid motion, such as when the armis loaded. This movement should be with sufficient speed so as tocause the cartridge to be throw n out of the extraction port. Note:T he perfect function of the arm , especially in autom atics, dependsfinally on the quality of the cartridges being used, w hich should besufficiently pow erful I to m ove the slide w ith enough force to allowthe recupe ra tion for w hic h it w as designed. T he fac tory, in test firingthe Cub pistol, has used am munition m anufactured in the U nitedStates.

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POSI TION I ITh e ham mer is cocked, but (hes ea r e ng ag ed under (h e second( rig ge r n otc h o r ( oo( h impedes itsadvance.

MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF THE PISTOL~.

_-"'-,. 0 0T he ca uses w hic h contribute (0 th e c orr osio n a nd f or ma tio n o f fo ulin gin the interior of the barrel in this type of arm have been practicallye lim in ate d in th e u se o f m od ern ammunit ionof the non-corrosi vetype and w ith lubrica ted bullets. T he continued use of unlubric atedcopper plated bullets eventually builds up fouling in the grooves ofthe barrel an d a lso leads to possible jam ming a nd m isfiring and othe rmalfunctioning of the pistol. In case the barrel has been fouled byuse of im proper am munition the use of the brush, w hich is suppliedw ith the pistol, and a good grade of solvent is recom mended. Pistols~ ! - :, "' II I -: i b ~ r ~( dJ, ''I"ij:.''t.J ~(!rtcdi...

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engage a like notch on the side of the slide and hold the slidem movable in this position. Then, holding the pistol in the left handpointing tow ards the right, turn the barrel about one quarter turnto the right, at which time the barrel will be loosened from theframe and can be drawn forward. Then, give the barrel anotherquarter turn to the left. at which time it can be removed entirelyfrom the slide, Figure 8. Then, by releasing the tumb safety theslide can be allowed to move forward and removed from the frame.Thus, the pistol is disassembled with a minimum number of parts toaccount for: Slide, barrel, recoil spring assem bly, :he fram e and them agazine. W ith the pieces so separated it is possible to thoroughlyclea n the pistol w ithout furth er disassem bly.T otal disassem bly of the parts can be realized as follow s:

PARTS OF THE SLIDER em ova l of the re ta ining pin, loca te d vertic ally on the high part of theslide to the rear and to the left of the loading port, releasse the firingpin and the firing pin spring. Removal of the headed retaining pinhich is found in the interior on the underside of the slide directlybehind the loading p ort,'perm its sim ple separation of the extractorand the extractor spring.

PARTS OF THE FRAME- Kernove"'lrst -with Th~prop~l='"cw drlv'J"'r~.tt'the grips to the frame, after which the grips can be very simply re-m oved. T he thum b safety is ea sily rem oved by pla cing it in a horizontalposition to the rear, at which time the piece can be lifted from theframe. By removing the retaining pin for the magazine safety thispiece can be easily removed, along w ith its spring. If you removeth e trigger axis p in an d raise th e trigger b ar it is p ossible to re movefrom the fram e the trIgger and trigger bar assem bly sim ply by dra wingit carefully to the rear. By inserting one or another of the axis pinsin the small hole directly above and slightly to the rear of the gripscrew hole on the left hand side of the frame, it is possible to retainthe ham mer spring, after w hich the ham mer can be released by pres-sing on the sear. T he ham mer IS then free of the tensIon of the ham merspring and the ham mer axis pin can be easily rem oved, possibly w iththe use of another axis pin, at w hich time the hammer itself is easily'separated from the fram e.

It is then a simple process to remove the aX IS p in which retains thesear, after w hich the sear and sear spring are also removed from thefram e. F ina lly, the pin w hich has bee n inserte d to provisionally retainthe ham mer spring can be rem oved, thus releasing the ham mer springand the hammer spring guide. Note that the magazine catch has as cr ew dri ve r s lo t. I t i s n ec es sary only t o in se rt a s cr ew d riv er andunscrew the catch. The catch and spring are then easily removedfrom the other side of the frame. Then the catch retaining plate ise as il y r emoved.5

For reassembling the pistol. tirst replace tne hammer spring withits hammer spring guide and using a long, thin pin punch, or similar,tool, press the spring down until a retaining pin of one type or anothercan be reinserted in the same hole which was used to retain, thehammer spring for disassembly. Then. put the hammer in place,being sure that the hammer strut is resting on the spring guide.After lining up the axis hole with the pin, w ith the proper hole inthe fra,!,e, it is possible then to insert the hammer axis pin.The sear is next to be assembled by putting it in its proper place andinserting the sear retaining pin. After the sear an:t hammer are inplace, draw back the hammer to engage the sear on the first hammernotch. Holding the sear spring by its longest part it is possible tointroduce the assembly into its place on the frame. W ith a long thintool, holding the assembly in place, it is possible to locate the triggeraxis hole. at which time the trigger retaining pin is inserted. Themagazine safety and magazine safety spring are next inserted. withthe safety itself being held in posrtlon by the finger and the retainingpin hole lined up with the proper reta ining pin hole of the frame,at which time the magazine safety retaining pin is inserted to holdthe part in its proper position.The thumb safety is then inserted with the body of the safety to therear. The magazine catch is then inserted in its proper position andits retaining pin installed. P l a c e t he m aga zi ne catch retaining pin inposition, then from the other side of the frame insert the magazinecatch with its spring in place and tighten with screw driver. The gripsare then placed in position and the proper grip screws employedwith a screw driver. --

TECHNICAL DATA

M agazine capacity... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ov er al l l en gt h. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .H eig ht... ......................L en gt h o f b ar re l. . .. .. .. ... .. .. .. ..W eight, w ithout magazine... . . . . . . . .C .d {

Standard speed. . . . . . . . . .a rt r. ' . ge H ig h s pe ed . . .. .. ... .. ..veloCIties H igh speed hollow point.

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2026 Trigger Pin2027 Magazine Safety Pin2028 Sear Pin2029 Hammer Pin2031 Extractor Pin2032 Firing Pin Retaining Pin2038 Grip Screw2039 Extractor Spring2040 Magazine Safety Spring2041 Sear Spring2043 Firing Pin Spring2044 Recoi I Spring Assembly2046 Hammer Spring2047 Magazine Catch Spring2048 Grip Plates

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